PBL 2018: Chennai Smashers vs Mumbai Rockets, Live Match Updates

Chennai Smashers edge the Mumbai Rockets 4-3

Updated: 27 December 2017 22:42 IST - Published: 27 December 2017 19:08 IST

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What a thrilling contest to open the Delhi leg! We can't wait to see what's more in store in this leg!

PV Sindhu will be pretty happy with that result. This was a tough match and the way they held their nerves for the win, was admirable. The Smashers were desperately in search for a win after losing their PBL 3 opener in Guwahati.

And with that win, the Chennai Smashers edge the Mumbai Rockets 4-3, which is the exact same scoreline that we had in the Season 2 final.

The Adcocks see off the Stoeva-Arjun threat with relative ease in the end to win the match. 15-9, 13-15, 15-9 💪#VodafonePBL #SmashTheHouseDown #CHEvMUM pic.twitter.com/4ISVqOzSwc
— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) December 27, 2017

But the Adcocks regrouped in time and clinched the win!

15-9, 13-15, 15-9 win for the Adcocks!

And again, some Arjun magic!

He has been so impressive and so fearless!

Mumbai 9-12 behind

Adcocks have now steered their way to 12-7

Wow! Look at Arjun. He is still managing to outfox the mighty Adcocks.

Mumbai trail 6-10

8-4 to the Adcocks going into the interval.

Wow! What a disguise shot from the young Arjun! It lands just near Chris' feet!

Mumbai are 4-7 behind

The Mumbai pair is finally on the board!

1-6

Chris is everywhere on the court!

5-0

The last rally was a 33-shot one!

The Adcocks are unleashing winner after winner!

3-0

And Mumbai pair snatches the second game!

15-13

Wow! This is some match!

And it is 13-13 pretty soon

The scratch pair of Stoeva and Arjun is up 13-11

Arjun is the one to watch right now!

12-10 for Mumbai

Arjun showing some powerful display here!

11-9 for Mumbai

Chris took pace off the shuttle.

And they are back!

9-9

That was a run of five straight points from Mumbai!

Would you believe it?

Arjun shows some magic as Mumbai take an 8-6 lead at the interval.

Some resilience from Mumbai!

They are back in this!

6-6

But the Chennai pair takes a few quick points to soar to 6-3

Mumbai bag a couple of points to come to within 3-4

What a rally!

Great defence from both the pairs but Stoeva sends it out.

Adcocks up 3-1

But they shake it off soon and bag the opener.

15-9

Chris misses a down the line shot.

14-7 to Adcocks now

The Adcocks are thoroughly committed to every shot. The difference in experience and the world rankings between the two pairs is showing.

Adcocks up 12-6

PV Sindhu is back in the dugout and thoroughly enjoying this!

8-4 for her team at halftime

Arjun got one back through a good smash.

4-6

Adcocks are now up 6-3

3-3 to start off things

It's now up to the World No. 5 pair of Chris & Gabrielle Adcock to get the Trump win for Chennai. Gabriela Stoeva & MR Arjun will represent the Mumbai Rockets.

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— PBL India (@PBLIndiaLive) December 27, 2017

It's all down to the last match of the day now. Can Chennai win their Trump mixed doubles match and win this?

This has been one cracker of a contest!

That was a Trump win for Mumbai. With that, they add 2 points to their kitty and go up to 3-2 in tonight's tie!

With a deft touch at the net, Son Wan Ho finishes the commanding win!

15-11, 15-5 win for Son Wan Ho

The former World No. 1 is in sniffing distance of victory!

13-5

Tanongsak pulls back a couple of points but Son Wan Ho goes up further.

11-4

The World No. 5 is up 8-2 at the interval.

Even the shuttle is listening to the Korean!

It trickles down to Chennai's side.

7-2

He continues to attack the Tanongsak forehand.

Up 6-1

Son Wan Ho is continuing from where he left.

He is up 4-1 with some great attacking display

Son Wan Ho grabs the opener.

15-11

And Tanongsak could not take advantage of it!

Son up 14-11

Would you believe it?

The southpaw has levelled the score here! Son just peppered a few errors to let Tanongsak back in!

11-11

A service fault called at such a crucial juncture!

11-9 to Son Wan Ho

Tanongsak pushing the Korean back to draw errors.

Trails 8-10

It's 10-7 to Son Wan Ho currently